Minnesota Officials Cited Immigration Issues in Recommending Pardon for Convicted Child Rapist
Commissioners cited rehabilitation and immigration concerns in a 4-2 vote, and federal authorities later deported Vang despite the pardon.
- On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced federal authorities deported Tou Lue Vang despite the Minnesota Board of Pardons granting him a full pardon on June 10.
- The Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted 4-2 to recommend clemency, citing rehabilitation and immigration concerns, after Vang remained in the United States since his 2006 removal order because Laos was a "recalcitrant" country.
- Commissioner Zach Linstrom wrote that "kids not having a father is not in the best interest of society" regarding Vang's conviction for sexual conduct with a minor, noting the victim supports the pardon.
- Gov. Tim Walz questioned whether the deportation "made us any safer" and noted Vang had not committed any crimes since his original conviction.
- Amid escalating removals of individuals of Southeast Asian heritage, President Donald Trump's administration is undertaking mass deportations, while the Minnesota Board of Pardons has offered clemency to other immigrants facing similar removal orders.
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I am rarely surprised by anything the criminal party of Democrats does. But this is astonishing and appalling. Gobsmacked. Why the pardon? In order to avoid this pedo’s deportation. Tim Walz just DOUBLED DOWN and defended keeping a convicted child s*x offender in Minnesota. The man – a Laotian national living here illegally – was …
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